12. Significance Summary (See TABLE 10) 

 Legal Status, Use, and Management 



13. Ownership type by percent area: Private 90%; Public 10% 



14. Number of Owners: At least 8 



15. Name(s) of owner(s) and/or custodian(s) (with addresses, phone numbers, 

 and other pertinent information) : State of NC (Interstate 40 right-of-way) 

 Harry Williams, Mrs. J. R. Croom, Rocky Point Elementary School, S. W. 

 Causey, Richard Shew, Daisy R. Ford Scott, Georgia-Pacific Co. 



16. Name(s) of knowledgeable person (s) (with addresses, phone numbers, and 

 other pertinent information) : None 



17. Attitude of owner or custodian toward preservation (contacted?): 

 Owners were not contacted. 



18. Uses of natural area: Hunting, timber harvest 



19. Uses of surrounding land: Wildland 30%; Agricultural land 50%; 

 High- intensity forestry 10%; Developed 10% 



20. Preservation Status: Category 3, 10%; Category 7, 90% 



21. Regulatory protections in force: None known 



22. Threats: Construction of 1-40 will likely increase the potential 

 threat of development along the highway corridor. Other threats are 

 potential limestone extraction, borrow material for road fill, timber 

 harvest, clearance for agriculture. 



23. Management and Preservation Recommendation: Protection of the forest 

 through acquisition is recommended. In this case, exclusion of fire 

 is required since the dominant woodland species to not have fire 

 tolerance. 



Natural Characteristics Summary 



24A. Vegetation - Biotic Community Summary 



Community type: Mixed hardwoods/ Sabal minor 



Community cover type: Mixed hardwoods 



General habitat feature: Hardwood forest over marl 



Average canopy height: 50 ft 



Estimated age of canopy trees: Various; 50 years 



Canopy cover: Closed 



Estimated size of community: 400 ac 



Successional stage: Transient 



Sere type: Lithosere? 



149 



